Editing Buskerud (section)

{{Short description|County in Eastern Norway}}
{{Multiple issues|
{{expand Norwegian|topic=hist|Buskerud|date=July 2012}}
{{Update|population, leadership and merger/dissolution|date=January 2024}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Buskerud
| official_name      = Buskerud fylke
| other_name         = 
| native_name        = 
| native_name_lang   = 
| nickname           = 
| settlement_type    = [[Counties of Norway|County]]
| total_type         = <!-- to set a non-standard label for total area and population rows -->
| motto              = <!-- images and maps ----------->
| image_skyline      = Hallingdal Bromma.jpg
| imagesize          = 
| image_flag         = Flag of Buskerud.svg
| flag_size          = 
| image_seal         = 
| seal_size          = 
| image_shield       = Buskerud fylkesvåpen.svg
| shield_size        = 70px
| image_map          = Norway Counties Buskerud Position.svg
| mapsize            = 175px
| map_caption        = Buskerud within Norway
<!-- Location ------------------>| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[Norway]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Counties of Norway|County]]
| subdivision_name1  = 
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of regions of Norway|Region]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Østlandet]]
| subdivision_type3  = County ID
| subdivision_name3  = [[ISO 3166-2:NO|NO-33]]
<!-- Smaller parts (e.g. boroughs of a city) and seat of government -->| seat_type          = Administrative&nbsp;centre
| seat               = [[Drammen]]
| parts_type         = Other towns
| parts_style        = para
| parts              = <!-- parts text, or header for parts list -->
| p1                 = 
| p2                 = <!-- Politics ----------------->
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title1      = [[County council (Norway)|County mayor]]
| leader_name1       = Tore Opdal Hansen <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Conservative Party of Norway|Conservative Party]] <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;(2024&ndash;)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bfk.no/politikk/fylkestinget/fylkesordforer-og-varaordforer/ |title=Fylkesordfører - Buskerud fylkeskommune |publisher=Buskerud |date=August 23, 2023 |access-date=January 6, 2024}}</ref>
| leader_title       = [[County governor (Norway)|Governor]]
| leader_name        = [[Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl]] <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Norwegian Labour Party|Arbeiderpartiet]] <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;(1999&ndash;2020)
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = <!-- Area --------------------->
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_total_km2     = 14908
| area_land_km2      = 13794
| area_water_km2     = 
| area_rank          = {{no.}}12 in Norway, 4.53% of Norway's land area
<!-- Elevation -------------------------->| elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags-->
| elevation_m        = 
| elevation_max_m    = 
| elevation_min_m    = <!-- Population ----------------------->
| population_as_of   = 30 September 2019
| population_footnotes = 
| population_note    = 
| population_total   = 284,955 {{increase}}
| population_rank    = 8 (5.29% of country)
| population_density_km2 = 18 <!--For automatic calculation, any density field may contain: auto -->
| population_blank1_title = Change (10 years)
| population_blank1  = 6.7 %
| population_demonym = Buskerudfolk
| blank_name_sec1    = [[Norwegian language|Official&nbsp;language&nbsp;form]]
| blank_info_sec1    = [[Norwegian language|Neutral]]
<!-- General information --------------->| timezone           = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset         = +01
| timezone_DST       = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST     = +02
| coordinates        = {{Coord|60|30|00|N|09|30|00|E|source:itwiki_region:NO_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint      = 
| coordinates_footnotes = <!-- Area/postal codes & others -------->
| postal_code_type   = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... -->
| postal_code        = 
| area_code          = 
| blank_name_sec2    = Income (per capita)
| blank_info_sec2    = 155,400 [[Norwegian krone|NOK]]
| blank1_name_sec2   = [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] (per capita)
| blank1_info_sec2   = 227,626 [[Norwegian krone|NOK]] (2001)
| blank2_name_sec2   = [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] national rank
| blank2_info_sec2   = 7 (3.57% of country)
| website            = {{URL|1=www.bfk.no}}
| footnotes          = {{center|[http://www.ssb.no/english Data from Statistics Norway]}}
}}
'''Buskerud''' ({{IPA|no-NO-03|ˈbʉ̂skərʉː|-|Buskerud.ogg}}) is a [[Counties of Norway|county]] and a current [[electoral district]] in Norway, bordering [[Akershus]], [[Oslo]], [[Innlandet]], [[Vestland]], [[Telemark]] and [[Vestfold]]. The region extends from the [[Oslofjord]] and [[Drammensfjorden]] in the southeast to [[Hardangervidda]] mountain range in the northwest. The county administration was in modern times located in [[Drammen]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Buskerud|title= Buskerud |publisher= Store norske leksikon|author= Geir Thorsnæs|access-date= February 5, 2016}}</ref> Buskerud was merged with [[Akershus]] and [[Østfold]] into the newly created [[Viken (county)|Viken]] County on 1 January 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dokumenter/prop.-84-s-20162017/id2546597/sec1|title=Prop. 84 S |date=5 April 2017 |publisher=[[Norwegian Government]] | access-date=22 January 2018}}</ref> On 23 February 2022, the Viken County Council voted in a 49 against 38 decision to submit an application to the Norwegian government for a county demerger.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://viken.no/aktuelt/fylkestinget-har-vedtatt-soknad-om-fylkesdeling.131038.aspx|title=Fylkestinget har vedtatt søknad om fylkesdeling |publisher=[[Viken County]] | access-date=23 February 2022}}</ref> Due to this, Buskerud (except the area forming the defunct municipalities of Røyken and Hurum) was re-established in 2024.